Quotes About Ability
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability he has. - Confucius Quote
To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable - this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled. - Lawrence Welk
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. - John Wooden Quote
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. - Malcolm S. Forbes
The most interesting income you will receive from doing good work is the increased ability to do better work. - F.D. Van Amburgh
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our strengths are our tools, our personal reality. Our weaknesses are only what we are not. - Joe Batten
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John Wooden
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended. - A.N. Whitehead Quote
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts. - Booker T. Washington Quote
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. - Helen Keller Quote
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. - Lou Holtz Quote
The maturing of any complex talent requires a happy combination of motivation, character, and opportunity. Most talent remains undeveloped. - John Gardner
If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life. - Abraham Maslow Quote
Do a common thing in an uncommon way. - Booker T. Washington Quote
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. - George Herbert Allen Quote
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability. - Roy L. Smith Quote
For better or worse, you must play your own instrument in the orchestra of life. - Dale Carnegie (More Dale Carnegie Quotes)
It isn't bragging if you can do it. - Dizzy Dean
Ambition may have to advertize, but ability advertizes itself. - F.D. Van Amburgh
No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. - Victor Hugo Quote
Strategy is better than strength. - Hausa legend
Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to perservere in the face of many difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. - Dr. Joyce Quote
No one rises to low expectations. - Les Brown
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito. - Unknown
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential. - Liane Cardes Quote
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. - Malcolm S. Forbes Quote
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
- Elbert Hubbard Quote
It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude. - Zig Ziglar Quote
Ability is of little account without opportunity. - Napoleon Bonaparte Quote
As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given. - Mary Lou Retton Quote
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. - Mother Teresa Quote
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. - Unknown
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks. - Helen Keller Quote
If you possess marked ability, it will show in your work. Capable people do not need to talk about themselves. Make your service so good that it will be your press agent. - F.D. Van Amburgh, The Mental Spark Plug, 1923
Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours. - Richard Bach
It's not what you've got; it's what you use that makes a difference. - Zig Ziglar Quote
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. - John Wooden Quote
Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities. - Napoleon Bonaparte Quote
My strength is the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. - Alfred Lord Tennyson Quote
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. - Cicero Quote
Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do. - Amelia Earhart Quote
Contrary as it may seem, most people have more ability for their work than they have ambition to do it. - F.D. Van Amburgh, The Mental Spark Plug, 1923
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. - Duke Ellington
